Frozen vegetables can often contain more nutrients than fresh vegetables, a report has claimed. Up to 45 per cent of important nutrients are lost in fresh vegetable by the time they are consumed. It can take up to two weeks for fresh produce to reach the table from being picked although the survey found that 80 per cent of shoppers thought the fresh vegetables in supermarkets were less than four days old.

Opening a bottle of Champagne is dead easy, but so many people make such a fuss about it and often end up mucking it up, wasting valuable wine in the process. There are several basic points to grasp. Make sure that the bottle is cold (not too icy, but fridge cold), because this will help to control the effervescence - the warmer the wine, the more likely it will spill over.